Rotary Bristol & Southmead Hospital Charity raise £280,000 for prostate cancer research
March 25th, 2015
New research into the treatment of prostate cancer in Bristol has been funded by thousands of runners who have taken part in Run for the Future for Southmead Hospital Charity.
Over the past nine years £280,100 has been raised through the event to fund research at the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) at Southmead Hospital.
Run for the Future was established in 2006 by Bristol Rotary Club.
Last year, the final event raised £25,600 with more than 400 people taking part in the 5k run on the Downs in Clifton, Bristol.
Three key projects at the BUI, in partnership with the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol, supported by Southmead Hospital Charity s Prostate Cancer Appeal have received funding from Run for the Future:
A project to look at genetic markers of prostate cancers that can identify which cancers are more aggressive. This could enable clinicians to make better informed decisions about how they treat the prostate cancer.
Researchers from the University of the West of England, the University of Liverpool and the BUI have developed a device using sensor technology that may help diagnose patients with signs of prostate cancer much earlier.
The purchase of new minimally invasive surgical instruments for robotic prostatectomy surgery.
David Gillatt, Medical Director of the BUI, said: These projects have helped us to make great strides in our understanding of prostate cancer and how to treat it.
Bristol Rotarians have been huge supporters of our work and of the Prostate Cancer Appeal, helping to raise vital funding as well as raising awareness of the disease.
Thank you to all the runners who have taken part in Run for the Future over the years.
But we still need your support to advance prostate cancer research and treatment here in Bristol so please continue to raise money for Southmead Hospital Charity s Prostate Cancer Appeal.
Rotarian Ian Beattie, who is event manager for Run for the Future, which is marshalled by local Rotarians and Soroptimists, said: Run for the Future has been a key event on Bristol s running calendar for many years and has been a great family focused run.
It has been wonderful to see the thousands of people coming together every year to fight prostate cancer and Bristol Rotary Club would like to say a huge thank you to those people who have supported the event.
Now that theevent will no longer be held we hope that people will continue our legacy by supporting Southmead Hospital Charity s Prostate Cancer Appeal.
Jane Ibbunson, Head of Fundraising for Southmead Hospital Charity, said: Run for the Future has been a great success and I would like to add my personal thanks to Rotary, all of our participants and sponsors.
We still need to raise money for our Prostate Cancer Appeal so please continue your support whether that is running, cycling or you could also nominate us to be Charity of the Year at your workplace or sports club.
Southmead Hospital is home to one of the largest urological centres in the UK and we are justifiably proud of the research and patient treatment that is delivered.
You can find out more about Southmead Hospital Charity s Prostate Cancer Appeal here www.southmeadhospitalcharity.org.uk
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